Viruses

Is a virus considered living or non-living?

• Living
• Non-Living
• Neither

Which of the following can be treated with antibiotics?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Mutagen

• Parasite

What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both...

• store genetic information
• have chloroplasts
• use glucose for cellular respiration
• have endoplasmic reticulum

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

True or False: Antibiotics kill viruses.

• True

• False

What do viruses need to reproduce?

• they need genetic material
• They need a host cell
• They need  bacteria
• They need insulin

As a virus changes over time, it can affect different systems within the organism. This change of the virus is called a _______________.

• mutation

• melanin

• metaphysics

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The reason that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because

• They are not cellular
• They cannot reproduce on their own
• They cannot make proteins
• all of the above

Which of the following occurs right after a virus attaches to a host cell in the viral reproduction process?

• The host cell dies
• The virus dies
• The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell
• copies of the virus are immediately released from the host

"Lysis" means

• rupture of a cell membrane

• replication of a virus

• bacterial reproduction

• a process that rarely happens

A virus infects a host in order to:

• Take Nutrients

• Make the host sick

• Make copies of itself

• Destroy the host cells